To protect their ancient churches from desecrating marauders on horseback, worshipers in the Holy Lands centuries ago sealed off most of their doors to keep the invaders outside their sacred halls, so the term, "narrow gate churches" began to be used to describe Christian churches in the land of our savior's birth. This history of how Christians have survived for two millennia under stressful conditions is a tribute to the faith of the remnant community which has rather miraculously survived under hostile regimes and straitened conditions. Noam Chomsky has noted "the unusual, perhaps unique credibility" of Oxford-educated Atallah Mansour's account, "given his reputation, background and access to sources." Filled with fascinating anecdotes and informed analysis, this timely history is an important contribution to the discussion of how Christians and Arabs should be treated in the land of their birth. Atallah Mansour is the only Arab-Christian to be on the editorial board of a major Israeli newspaper and the first to write in Hebrew for Israel's newspaper, Ha Aretz.

330 pp., ISBN 1-932717-02-1, paperback, $19.95

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"A significant map for those willing to take the road less traveled to truth and comprehension with respect to Palestine," says Jerry Levin, former CNN bureau chief in Beirut, Lebanon. He concludes, "Essentially this is a book about decent courageous people struggling for recognition and justice."

The author, invited to work as a medical health consultant for the Red Crescent Society in the Middle East, soon discovers a world she never knew existed. As a personal witness of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, this nice Catholic girl from the Midwest finds herself dodging bullets and treating the wounded! Described here in a truly fascinating account of her adventures.

245 pp., ISBN 0-932727-97-2, paperback, $17.95

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"The many rich details woven into this story come from firsthand observations and faithful archival research, portraying a mission work which could be held up as a representative model of missionary service in the second half of our century. There are many educational possibilities latent in this book. Mission's professors or missions directors in a local church could use it as foundational to a course examining what missionary work is about, for this record contains the basic component of the typical missionary situation. History and politics, cultural diversity, cooperation and fragmentation between church agencies all constitute the context in which the gospel challenges the spiritual reality of restless peoples around the world," says Dr. Arthur F. Glasser, dean emeritus of the Fuller Theological Seminary School of World Mission.

320 pp., index, ISBN 0-932727-90-5, paperback, $15.95

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"This book makes a positive contribution to all involved in interracial relationships. It's refreshing to hear the stories of those who have struggled with the obstacles. In a sensitive and skillful manner, Driskill interviews interracial couples about the joys and pains of their relationship … enhancing our insight into a subject we can no longer avoid," says Dr. Fred Prinzing, dean at Bethel Seminary, St. Paul.

114 pp., ISBN 0-932727-80-8, paperback, $9.95; ISBN 0-932727-81-6, hardcover, $17.95

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A firsthand account of frontier missionary work in Eastern Tibet which describes what it was like to function as foreigners during the Chinese Communist revolution. Filled with stories of war lords, opium, romance, house-arrest and death, it tells also of the humdrum of daily living, language study and interpersonal squabbling in a candid assessment of missionary work, exploring why the Chinese church grew so remarkably once the missionary presence was withdrawn.

310 pp., index, illustrated, ISBN 0-932727-35-2, paperback, $12.95; ISBN 0-932727-38-7, hardcover, $17.95

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"With an engaging, personal style and a flair for vivid description, [the author] recounts some of her personal adventures in Christian discipleship: from raising eight orphans in the Brazilian jungle to visiting Kampuchean refugees to tracking down Bruce Olson, an extraordinary missionary in the interior of Colombia," says Mark Olson in The Other Side. This "is a colorful account of one woman's remarkable journey from naïve missionary kid to contemporary Christian activist and author."

128 pp., ISBN 0-932727-03-4, paperback, $10.95; ISBN 0-932727-46-8, hardcover, $15.95

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Arriving in Japan as a young couple with few language skills, but a passionate desire to spread the gospel, the Driskills found life in another culture far more complex than they had dreamed. Written to help tourists and first-time missionaries acclimate and survive in a strange environment, each anecdote underlines a belief that visitors and church workers must understand the culture and language to minister adequately to God's people around the world.

172 pp., ISBN 0-932727-62-X, paperback, $11.95; ISBN 0-932727-63-8, hardcover, $17.95

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